Selva Downtown Sarasota

April Manalo

My friend and I were exploring Sarasota and wanted a very light meal before we head home, and we found this place. Reservation was quick and easy. The ambiance was nice and intimate. I got the grapefruit basil martini and it was good, I ordered the smoke salmon causa which was so delicious it was hitting all the right spots, also the garnish was impeccable; my friend got the spicy tuna ceviche which she said she loved what she got, I was able to try it and it was bursting with flavors as well. We regretted dining there late but we agreed on going back for another time which is not closer to closing hours lol because everything was just amazing.

Adele Bagarella

Excellent experience. We had paella, salmon, crab appetizer and key lime pie. Also tuna ceviche. Service was impeccable. Presentation met with deliciousness of the food. Will definitely go again!

Pamela Brodeur

Service ,presentation and quality where superb. Great dishes , husbands birthday and he was made to feel very special... Thanks to all, front and back of house. Great job

Gloria Taylor

INSECTS in the restaurant, Food has no Peruvian flavor, Pisco Sour and Maracuya Sour disgusting, Manager not professional, has no management. We arrived from NY and we chose this restaurant because of the reviews but I was mortified. In the restaurant there were animals on the table, two large spiders coming down from the ceiling to the table, I immediately shouted and we changed tables because we were in the middle of dinner, but the manager came to yell at us because we changed tables and he knew there was animals in the restaurant The manager's bad management because he didn't look for any other solution, he just made all the clients uncomfortable because he wanted me to show him the animals and the clients, the employees saw the spiders. Immediately my husband asked for the bill (we only finished the entrees), the manager began to say that we had pending dishes to serve, that he would still charge me. The bill was over $ 200.00. My husband told him that there was no problem but to deliver the food to take away. This is how the night ended, without any apology from the Manager, a bad temper and terrible management. Manager must be gentle and seek solutions to problems without yelling at customers for a lack of cleanliness in the restaurant, I wonder how the kitchen will be with the cleaning? or do they just clean for inspection? The dishes we ordered: Ceviche Selva: Terrible flavor, nothing like Peruvian food, Cuzco corn was hard and tasteless, the ceviche had no lemon, it looked like water with vinegar. Parihuela: It had no seafood flavor, sour, tasteless liquefied tomato. Pisco sour and Maracuya Sour: Terrible when tasting it tastes water, it has a bitter taste, nothing like Peruvian. From my experience the cocktail had NO PISCO, it had no flavor and it only looked like bitter water. In the end we trade it for beer. Lomo saltado: Acceptable but a lot of soy sauce, the meat was not the best, it was tough. "Tuna Tiradito": finally a delicious dish, a good combination of Tuna with watermelon. Also recommended is the "Andean Rack of Lamb". Definitely any other restaurant in Sarasota is better than this. Think before reserving!